Officials said the boy's mother, 22-year-old Mikkia Lewis, and her live-in boyfriend, 32-year-old Joe McCaskell, beat the child so badly that both of his shoulders were dislocated and his thighs were hemorrhaged.

Shoe prints, among other bruises, were found all over the boy's body, investigators said.

According to the police report, Lewis and McCaskell said they had to discipline the child and that he was out of control.

One nipple was mutilated, burned or cut, his buttocks were red, swollen and had open sores, the report said.

Authorities said at one point, Lewis said she didn't want the child anymore and asked them to take him away. She then said she went overboard and hit him too much, investigators said.

Police said instead, what Lewis did was take a child and torture him for three days.

Lewis and McCaskell are charged with aggravated child abuse and those charges could be upgraded as the medical examiner performs more tests.

THE HOSPITAL. NO WORD ON THE EXTENT OF THEIR INJURIES. LATE BREAKING AT FIVE A HORRIFIC CASE OF CHILD ABUSE RESULTS IN THE DEATH IN SOUTH DAYTONA ACCORDING TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER, A FOUR-YEAR-OLD BOY SUFFERED TERRIBLY AT THE HANDS OF THOSE CLOSEST TO HIM. HIS MOTHER AND HER BOYFRIEND. THEY'VE BEEN CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED CHILD ABUSE. WESH 2'S CLAIRE MOST JOINS US LIVE FROM THE SUNRISE APARTMENTS ON PALMETTO AVENUE. THIS IS JUST SO TOUGH TO HEAR THE DETAILS OF THIS STORY. IT REALLY IS. AND THIS COUPLE COULD ULTIMATELY FACE EVEN MORE SIGNIFICANT CHARGES. BECAUSE THE MEDICAL EXAMINER SAYS THIS FOUR-YEAR-OLD WAS LITERALLY TORTURED TO DEATH. ON APRIL 15TH, THE MOTHER'S BOYFRIEND CALLED 911 SAYING HE WAS UNRESPONSIVE AND RESPONDERS FOUND HIM LYING MAKE ODD A BEDROOM FLOOR. HE COULD NOT BE REVIVED. EVEN SEASONED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE HAVING TROUBLE WITH THIS ONE. THIS FOUR-YEAR-OLD CHILD SUFFERED TREMENDOUSLY, TREMENDOUSLY. MAKES ME WANT TO THROW UP. SOUTH DAYTONA POLICE CHIEF WRIGHT SAYS THEY WERE CALLED TO THIS APARTMENT FOR AN UNRESPONSIVE CHILD TWO WEEKS AGO. POLICE COULDN'T KNOW INSTEAD THEY WOULD FIND A BOY NOT ONLY DEAD BUT DEAD FOR HOURS. HIS MOTHER, 22-YEAR-OLD MAKAIO LEWIS AND HER BOYFRIEND 32-YEAR-OLD JOE McCASKILL TOLD RESPONDERS THE BOY FELL DOWN THE STAIRS EARLIER IN THE DAY. THE M.E. TOLD POLICE NO WAY. DURING THE AUTOPSY IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE CHILD SUFFERED TORTUROUS ABUSE. OVER TIME? OVER A PERIOD OF TIME THAT'S CORRECT. MY GRANDSON IS -- GIRL'S SON IS NOT BREATHING. HE CALLED 911 THAT NIGHT. SEEMINGLY UPSET. BEGGING FOR HELP. THE OPERATOR INSTRUCTED THE MOTHER ON CPR. ARE YOU STILL DOING IT? KEEP GOING. HE'S NOT BREATHING! KEEP DOING IT UNTIL THEY GET THERE. THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY. ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR. HE IS NOT BREATHING. BUT ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT WHEN THE COUPLE WAS ARRESTED THEY ADMITTED THE CHILD WAS A DISCIPLINE PROBLEM AND BOTH HAD IN FACT USED CORPORAL PUNISHMENT OVER SEVERAL DAYS. THE FOUR-YEAR-OLD WAS BEATEN, MARKED HEAD TO TOE WITH SHOE PRINTS. ONE NIPPLE WAS MUTILATED, BURNED OR CUT. BOTH SHOULDERS WERE DISLOCATED. HIS THIGHS HAD HEMORRHAGED. HIS BUTTOCKS WERE RED, SWOLLEN AND HAD OPEN SORES. I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD MAKE THE CHILD GET IN A PUSH-UP POSITION FOR HOURS. A FOUR-YEAR-OLD? A FOUR-YEAR-OLD. THE MOTHER LEWIS ALLEGEDLY ADMITTED SHE MAY HAVE BEATEN THE BOY TOO HARD AND TOLD POLICE TWO DAYS BEFORE THE CHILD'S DEATH SHE TOLD THEM SHE GAVE UP. DIDN'T WANT HIM ANYMORE. BACK LIVE NOW. YOU WILL RECALL THAT THE MOTHER AND BOYFRIEND ARE SAYING THE CHILD FELL DOWN STAIRS BUT THIS IS A FIRST FLOOR APARTMENT. THERE ARE NO STAIRS. ACCORDING TO POLICE, THIS TORTURE HAPPENED IN THIS UNIT OVER SEVERAL DAYS. ALTHOUGH THE CHILD MAY HAVE BEEN BEATEN PRIOR TO THIS. PERHAPS EARLIER IN HIS VERY YOUNG LIFE. BOTH ARE BEING HELD ON $50,000 BOND.